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Ailurophobia (/ aɪ ˌ l ʊər ə ˈ f oʊ b i ə /) [1] is the persistent and excessive fear of cats. [2] Like other specific phobias, the exact cause of ailurophobia is unknown, and potential treatment generally involves therapy. [3] [4] The name comes from the Greek words αἴλουρος (ailouros), 'cat', and φόβος (phóbos), 'fear'.
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
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He also has ailurophobia, the fear of cats, hates figure skating, and is disgusted by egg salad, but loves Cheez Doodles (named "Cheesy Snacks" in the TV series, likely due to copyright issues). Despite his many shortcomings, Nate is shown to have a number of talents, being a skilled artist, with it being noted that he is an especially good ...
A house mouse (Mus musculus). Fear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias.It is sometimes referred to as musophobia (from Greek μῦς "mouse") or murophobia (a coinage from the taxonomic adjective "murine" for the family Muridae that encompasses mice and rats, and also Latin mure "mouse/rat"), or as suriphobia, from French souris, "mouse".